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Nations should have mandatory farming practice for half a year or so like they have mandatory military service. I think such practice will be eye opening on how
by samblr 10y ago
Nations should have mandatory farming practice for half a year or so like they have mandatory military service. I think such practice will be eye opening on how we treat food.
- toisanji 10y agolove this idea, I concur.
- TDL 10y agoEffectively enslaving people to prove a point won't help and will probably make people resentful to the point that was trying to be made.
- afarrell 10y agoThere are many reasons why this is a bad idea - Because how do you house, feed, care for the health of, and train all of the people, while and keeping them from assaulting each other? - Because then you would have a bunch of poorly-skilled uninterested people around dangerous machinery. - Because there is not enough land for people to be employed productively in using modern farming techniques. - Because forcing people to perform labor is generally frowned upon in our society. Also see part II of http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/06/against-tulip-subsidies/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/06/against-tulip-subsidies...
- samblr 10y agoRecently I saw it on YouTube - Japanese school children grow veggies and that are eaten as part of daily school meals. Doing this once or many times would suffice. I have to admit that I did not think through enough before I wrote farming as national service. But Idea here could be to get an experience or to know that there is toil behind to get our food on plate. If it can be done in Japan it can be done elsewhere. Below is YouTube video. https://youtu.be/hL5mKE4e4uU https://youtu.be/hL5mKE4e4uU
- stcredzero 10y agoI suspect Japanese are generally neater and cleaner because they have to clean their own schools as students. I'm constantly amazed and the amount of schmutz that my housemate leaves behind in the bathroom, that would take literally a few seconds here and there for him to just clean up after himself. I've spoken to him about it, and it's literally invisible to him! Recently, I went away on vacation for a week, and when I returned, the bathroom sink looked a nightmare. I come back, and it's fixed again. I don't think he noticed at all.
- stcredzero 10y agohow do you house, feed, care for the health of, and train all of the people, while and keeping them from assaulting each other? Isn't that just a summary of good government in one question?